Yesterday’s solution
DOWN:
1 Tiptop. 2 Reeve. 3 Sash. 4 Marshal. 6 Aloof. 7 Semblance. 8 Essayist. 11 Fete. 14 Aver. 15 Croissant. 16 Set. 17 Veal. 18 Opponent. 20 Sire. 21 Incline. 22 Cactus. 24 Ensue. 26 Agave. 27 Lift.
ACROSS:
1 Computation. 7 Toss. 8 Swallow. 9 Ski. 10 Theme. 11 Bridle. 13 Pursue. 16 Rifle. 18 Nun. 19 Located. 20 Oxen. 21 Restaurants.
1 Cooper. 2 Missed. 3 Ursine. 4 Adapt. 5 Illness. 6 Nowhere. 11 Burglar. 12 Infects. 13 Ponder. 14 Renown. 15 Unless. 17 Extra.
DOWN:
Stop apricot rotting, one that
comes in a bag (6,5)
9 Sound of visitor’s arrival and
farewell in desert (3-1-3)
10 Request expert to tour north
with scepticism (7)
11 European ready to prune
edges of buddleias (3)
12 Remove grime from slopes in
church (7)
13 More curious about one making a bigger racket (7)
14 Charles Kingsley describes
slipper (3)
15 Drink company about to recruit second-in-command (5)
17 Chap gripping stone delivering sudden blows (5)
18 Suspend fellow interfering
with animals (5)
20 Dark piece first to be
chopped (5)
22 Discharge a supporter of
Pope (3)
24 Engineers employ rare synthetic material (7)
25 Song drunk plays in Colorado (7)
26 Wood remains after fire (3)
27 Inspect boy’s back for dirt (7)
28 Forward Victor intercepts a
ball (7)
29 It could make every fellow
ill (6,5)
DOWN
1 Drop in the capacity sadly of poet’s treatment of animals etc (8,7)
2 Just like the efforts to save her
passengers? (7)
3 Count, for example, first words
in publication (5)
4 They have to work hard in prison changing a ground (5,4)
5 Home Ruler accepted Liberal
suggestion (7)
6 What writer uses to make his
point accurately? (6,9)
7 Reptiles eat posh flower (6)
8 Person with 3 lives in big city?
Not quite (6)
16 Vocalic change makes this
central to singer (9)
18 Topple old record in shot (6)
19 Change style of defence
ministry in part of film (7)
21 City features in revolutionary
revival etc (3,4)
23 Initially, cattle enthusiast
provides their fodder (6)
25 Measure out bird food that’s
used on farm perhaps (5)